No tarnish on '04 and '07 World Series Championships

Now I know I can be naive, maybe exceptionally naive, particularly about the integrity of baseball players, however, I don't believe Manny Ramirez used performance enhancing drugs until 2008.

Why? Here are Manny's numbers in Cleveland, Boston and LA:

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	Cleveland	Boston	Los Angeles
Batting Average	.313	.312	.380
At Bats Per Home Run	14.7	14.4	12.1
Slugging Percentage	.592	.588	.710

Courtesy The Boston Globe

The stats in Cleveland and Boston show what has always been said about Manny - he's a very consistent hitter, and a great one.

Suddenly, in Los Angeles, his numbers are remarkably similar to Barry Bonds' and Mark McGwire's juiced numbers. This should not be surprising, since Manny's was in his contract year, likely his last contract year at age 37.